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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court granted bail on Wednesday to the Nairobi County governor charged with multi-million dollar corruption in one of the most high profile cases in the government’s anti-graft push. Prison and police officers keep watch over … Continue reading Kenyan court grants bail to Nairobi governor charged with corruption
CLAREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) – A Methodist church in Southern California has turned a classic Christmas tradition – the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus – into a statement about immigration by putting the Holy Family in cages. The United … Continue reading Church nativity scene depicts Holy Family as caged refugees
FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits following a hearing in his sexual assault case at New York State Supreme Court in New York, U.S., December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (Reuters) – Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is to undergo … Continue reading Harvey Weinstein to have back surgery before rape trial: lawyer
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that a judge deprived the comedian of a fair trial by allowing other accusers to testify. FILE … Continue reading Pennsylvania court rejects Bill Cosby’s appeal of sex assault conviction
FILE PHOTO: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is seen in this booking photo released by Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Maryland U.S., September 25, 2018. Courtesy Montgomery County Correctional Facility/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Bill Cosby lost his appeal to overturn … Continue reading Bill Cosby loses appeal to overturn 2018 Pennsylvania sex assault conviction
Sudan’s former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted long-time leader Omar al-Bashir was summoned for … Continue reading Sudan’s Bashir questioned over 1989 coup that brought him to power
Ethiopians stand next to a billboard congratulating Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri OSLO (Reuters) – The world’s leading military powers and militant groups are both … Continue reading Nobel peace laureate Abiy to say militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
OSLO (Reuters) – Militant groups and global military powers both pose a threat to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for forging a peace … Continue reading Nobel peace laureate Abiy says militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
SEOUL (Reuters) – Seoul police have asked prosecutors to consider pressing charges against a member of hit South Korean boyband BTS over an October car crash, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, citing police officials. Jung Kook, the group’s main … Continue reading Police ask for charges against singer in K-pop band BTS over car crash: Yonhap
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Power blackouts in South Africa caused by flash flooding have shut down mining operations across the country, several mining companies said on Tuesday. Mine workers employed at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft operate a drill in Westonaria, South … Continue reading South Africa’s power crisis shuts down mines across country
ABUJA (Reuters) – Human rights groups called on Monday for the release of a former presidential candidate facing treason charges who was re-arrested a day after being freed from detention on bail. A fighting breaks out as security personnel attempt … Continue reading Rights groups urge release of Nigerian ex-presidential candidate
LES TROIS-MOUTIERS, France (Reuters) – For most of the year, Willy Nanlohij, a 62-year-old retired bank worker, lives with his wife Hilda in a comfortable yet unremarkable home in the Dutch city of Enschede. A view shows the Chateau de … Continue reading Living the dream: the commoners who bought a French castle
